Rainy day project, new wind spinner mount. Not having much CAD experience I tend to mess around until something looks plausible then do a test print. 1st issue: mount is too big for printer. No problem, slicer will cut and make connectors. Still a problem: I can't glue worth beans, dowel connector isn’t strong enough, and 3 metal pipes stress the joint. Maybe I can reduce radius enough to print without cuts? I didn't anticipate all of the twisting pipes would have even with two mounts. Seems like pipe slots should have set screws, or what if they were split and then clamped onto pipe with screw, hose clamp, or tie wrap? Hmm…
@MysticMoonsong imgur has a sorting thing where you can just see newest submissions. You do run the risk of seeing the occasional nightmarish horror post, but I used to have a lot of fun sitting in the new queue and just commenting. Not joking, I met someone there once that ended up being my long distance long term partner for 8 years.
The internet has a lot of power to bring people together, if only our corporate overlords would let us do our thing.
@Imperor, that is so awesome. 🖤 I might have to check that out. Yes, the more corporate these social sites become, the fewer interactions and chances we have of meeting like-minded people. I think Mastodon, or at least the interaction with you and a few others, has given me what I have been looking for in a social platform (at a time in my life when I am wanting to rebuild it).
I have an idea in my head to CNC a “better” pen, and pencil for myself.
However, after poking at the idea of a better pencil, I think a squishy #3DPrinting TPU sheath around the barrel may be a perfectly decent solution… for the pencil. I’m still making a better pen. ;)
@shanselman I have an A1 and between that and the P1S I think the better choice as this point is the A1 unless you need to print ABS/ASA and similar materials. The A1 has hot swap nozzles, flow calibration and the AMS lite feels much more resilient and compatible to different filament brands compared to the AMS.
the little double-chamfered bit on the end of the cylinder was slightly bigger than the hole, BUT the TPU was just flexy enough to let me shove it through, and then have it expand and hold it snugly in place.
@rasterweb Sure enough, now I see that you can click on the "Last edited" and read the original. My eyes have always glossed right over that. Good to know!
Kinda like most normal people gloss over the misused word... You could have said "I'm hoping this radicalizes the kid and in ten years he eschempses the evils of capitalism." And it would have been perfectly clear.